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EP0673350B1
EP0673350B1 EP19930924753 EP93924753A EP0673350B1 EP 0673350 B1 EP0673350 B1 EP 0673350B1 EP 19930924753 EP19930924753 EP 19930924753 EP 93924753 A EP93924753 A EP 93924753A EP 0673350 B1 EP0673350 B1 EP 0673350B1
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  • This invention relates to metal accumulation and is more particularly concerned with the removal of metals from water containing such metals, for example, for one or more of the following purposes:-
  • the G2P is enzymically cleaved to glycerol (a potential energy source for the cells) and inorganic phosphate, an efflux of which intercepts the incoming metal and results in the precipitation of crystalline heavy metal phosphate. Whilst such process is efficient in removal of heavy metals from solution, it has the disadvantage that it uses expensive glycerol-2-phosphate.
  • the present invention resides in the use of one or more polyphosphate-accumulating microorganisms to accumulate polyphosphate which is then enzymatically cleaved in the presence of water containing one or more metals to produce phosphate ions which react with the metal(s) in the water in order to precipitate metal phosphate.
  • metal phosphate may be crystalline or it may be mixed with other precipitated species such as the hydroxide.
  • Metals which are susceptible to the techniques of the present invention are those having a phosphate of low water solubility, for example, cadmium, lead, copper, manganese, cobalt, nickel, calcium, yttrium, strontium, uranium, lanthanum, lanthanides, plutonium, americium and neptunium.
  • a phosphate of low water solubility for example, cadmium, lead, copper, manganese, cobalt, nickel, calcium, yttrium, strontium, uranium, lanthanum, lanthanides, plutonium, americium and neptunium.
  • the present invention resides in a process for removing one or more metal ions from water, comprising the steps of cultivating a polyphosphate-accumulating microorganism in a culture medium under conditions where the microorganism can synthesise and utilise adenosine triphosphate (ATP); modifying ATP synthesis/utilisation whereby to cause the microorganism to utilize polyphosphate as an alternative energy source resulting in the production of phosphate ions; and reacting said phosphate ions with the metal ions so as to precipitate metal phosphate.
  • ATP adenosine triphosphate
  • the microorganism is preferably a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium, and may, for example, be polyphosphate-accumulating Acinetobacter bacterium. It is known per se (see Y. Comeau et al, Wat. Res. vol.20, No.12, pp 1511-1521) (a) that certain microorganisms are capable of accumulating polyphosphate reserves under aerobic conditions and of utilising such polyphosphate under anaerobic conditions to produce phosphate; and (b) that this can be used to induce biological phosphorus removal in an activated sludge treatment by providing an anaerobic treatment zone upstream of the standard aerobic process.
  • the present invention relies on the use of polyphosphate as the main source of phosphate for metal accumulation via enzymically mediated metal bioaccumulation or biomineralisation.
  • a particular example of a known polyphosphate-accumulating Acinetobacter bacterium is Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ATCC 23055 (NCIMB 10694).
  • Preferred bacteria are Acinetobacter sp. W6 and Acinetobacter sp. W9 which we have isolated from activated sludge as described hereinafter and have deposited under the provisions of the Budapest Treaty with The National Collection of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Limited (NCIMB) of 23 St. Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB2 1RY, Scotland, under the respective Accession Numbers NCIMB 40594 and NCIMB 40595 on 5 November 1993.
  • NCIMB National Collection of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Limited
  • the present invention does not require the polyphosphate-accumulating microorganism to be isolated from the environment in which it occurs.
  • activated sludge containing polyphosphate-accumulating microorganisms can be employed per se in the present invention.
  • a suitable type of activated sludge is one which is used in a plant for removing phosphorus ions from effluent liquor (eg by the so-called "Phostrip” or "Phoredox” process) before discharge into the environment.
  • the techniques of the present invention rely on a supply of phosphorus. Such supply may be provided by at least partly by deliberate addition of an assimilable source of phosphorus.
  • the present invention is applicable to the removal of metal(s) from water which already contains an assimilable source of phosphorus as an impurity but which is not in a form in which it can react directly with the metal(s) impurity also present in the water or in which the metal impurity is not in a form in which it can react with the phosphorus.
  • the operating conditions in the aerobic and anaerobic phases of the process are the normal conditions which are used for aerobic and anaerobic treatments involving the use of microorganisms. However, it is preferred to use low nitrate concentrations in the anaerobic phase since reduction of nitrate to nitrite can substitute for oxygen and may then inhibit the required conversion of polyphosphate to phosphate.
  • the temperature will be in the range of 0 to 36°C, most preferably from 15 to 30°C.
  • the medium used in the aerobic cultivation of the microorganism is a suitable growth medium containing assimilable carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and other necessary trace elements for optimum growth. Such medium may be a waste from another process. There is no need to use expensive sources of carbon and phosphorus, such as G2P.
  • Representative strains of polyphosphate-accumulating Acinetobacter sp. are grown aerobically and immobilised on a solid support (eg open-pore polyurethane foam, glass beads, sand or gravel-type materials) in a bioreactor using an aqueous nutrient medium which is circulated through the bioreactor. Gaseous oxygen is introduced via a compressed air feed and bubble breaking device.
  • the nutrient medium contains waste fermentation products and waste phosphate from phosphate-rich waste water as assimilable carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus sources.
  • the aerobic treatment is effected at a temperature of about 20°C and a pH of 7.0 for 24 - 48 hours so as to accumulate polyphosphate.
  • the conditions in the bioreactor are switched to anaerobic conditions where no nutrients or assimilable oxygen are supplied.
  • the waste water containing the heavy metals to be removed is passed through the bioreactor so as to contact the immobilised bacteria containing the accumulated polyphosphate.
  • the bacteria Under the anaerobic conditions, the bacteria are deficient in their supply of ATP and thus start to utilise the accumulated polyphosphate as an energy source.
  • the polyphosphate is enzymically cleaved to produce phosphate which reacts with the heavy metals to precipitate heavy metal phosphate, thus removing heavy metals or at least reducing the heavy-metal concentration in the water.
  • the bioreactor can then be switched back to operate aerobically so that the process can be performed cyclically with periodic shut-down to replace the micro-organism when it has become non-viable.
  • the micro-organism may also produce the carbon storage polymer, polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) with a suitable carbon supply, which can be utilised as a source of stored carbon for growth and to generate ATP to fuel further accumulation of polyphosphate during the succeeding aerobic cycle.
  • PHB polyhydroxybutyrate
  • MOPS was replaced in some experiments with Tris/HCI buffer at the same pH and concentration. In experiments with uranyl ions, sodium acetate was replaced with 10mM ammonium acetate.
  • Activated sludge mixed liquor was obtained from Severn Trent sewage treatment works (located at Wimborne, England). An homogenous suspension of each liquor was made and serial dilutions (in sterile saline, 0.85% w/v) were plated onto nutrient agar (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, USA). After 2 weeks incubation at room temperature (20°C), colonies with distinctly different morphologies were chosen, removed from the 10 -4 to 10 -6 dilutions and were streaked to purity on nutrient agar.
  • the isolated microorganism strains (W6 and W9) were tentatively identified using API 20E and 20NE identification strips (API System, bioMérieux SA, France) as being of the genus Acinetobacter.
  • the strains W6 and W9 have been deposited under the provisions of the Budapest Treaty with The National Collection of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Limited (NCIMB) under the respective Accession Numbers NCIMB 40594 and NCIMB 40595 on 5 November 1993.
  • Cadmium and lead were detected by ASV (anodic stripping voltametry) with a hanging drop mercury electrode using a Metrohm 693 VA polarographic and voltametric analyser.
  • Lanthanum and uranyl were detected by colorimetric determination with arsenazo III in acidic solution (M.R. Tolley, D.Phil. Thesis Univ of Oxford, 1993). Phosphate was determined colorimetrically by its reaction with acidified molybdate (Pierpont 1957 Biochem J. 65 :67-76).
  • Each 8-hour cycle was as follows: Time (minutes) 0-150 Incubation in anaerobic phase (medium 4; nitrogen gas bubbled through medium at slow rate to keep headspace anoxic) 150-161 Draw phase - medium 4 drawn off; nitrogen on 161-166 Fill phase - medium 3 (aerobic medium) filled; nitrogen off/air bubbled through medium at high rate 166-464 Incubation in aerobic phase; air on 464-476 Draw phase - medium 3 drawn off; air on 476-480 Fill phase - Medium 4 filled; air off/nitrogen on
  • the three anaerobic periods daily were at the following times: 06.30-09.00; 14.30-17.00 and 22.30-01.00. Samples were taken for analysis at the end of the first and second anaerobic periods daily and, when appropriate, throughout the first aerobic and second anaerobic phases (09.00-17.00). The third anaerobic phase was not sampled.
  • a variable-speed pump with a manual reverse function and manually operated valves allowed changing of medium between the aerobic and anaerobic phases aseptically.
  • Column reactors were subjected to two anaerobic phases each of 2.5 hours daily (at roughly the same times each day - 9.30-12.00 and 16.00-18.30).
  • Glass beads (2mm diameter) were used as a filter in the base of each column.
  • the total volume in each phase was 250ml.
  • one medium was drawn off and the other medium filled in less than 5 minutes per column.
  • the settled effluent was compared with the influent medium.
  • a sample of the medium was taken by first drawing off 10-15ml medium through a sampling tube to ensure that stagnant liquid in the sampling tube was washed out, then a further 5ml sample was taken and subjected to centrifugation and analysis of the supernatant; this was compared with the phosphate in the effluent supernatant.
  • inorganic phosphate as K 2 HPO 4
  • Fig 1a shows the rapid loss of lanthanum from solution due to the precipitation of lanthanum phosphate. However the precipitate is fine and remains in suspension without centrifugation.
  • Fig 1b shows that the uranyl ion (UO 2 2+ ) does not readily produce a precipitate which can be removed from suspension by centrifugation.
  • Raw activated sludge or so-called “mixed liquor” was obtained from a nutrient plant operating a "Phostrip” Process.
  • the total suspended solids of the mixed liquor was 6.43g/l.
  • 350ml of the mixed liquor was used to inoculate each of the two automated reactors. This was topped up with 50ml of medium 4 (without added metal), and the initial anaerobic phase incubation begun.
  • a culture of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus NCIMB 10694 was harvested after 24h growth at an optical cell density (OD 600 ) of 0.370.
  • the wet weight of the cell pellet obtained was 2.243g and this was resuspended in a total volume of 6ml. 1 ml of the suspension was added to tubes containing 10ml of each of the following solutions:
  • Fig 3a shows that phosphate is released under anaerobic conditions and not under aerobic conditions: less phosphate is apparently released in tubes containing lanthanum.
  • Fig 3b also shows loss of lanthanum in tubes 2 and 3 concomitant with phosphate release. Significant lanthanum removal was not observed in Tube 1 under aerobic conditions indicating that there is little passive biosorption of the metal.
  • a culture of strain W9 was harvested after 24h growth at a cell density (OD 600 ) of 1.000.
  • the wet weight of the cell pellet obtained was 5.329g and this was resuspended in a total volume of 6ml. 1.5ml of the suspension was added to tubes containing 20ml of each of the following solutions:
  • Fig 4 shows phosphate release and lanthanum removal under anaerobic conditions with concomitant loss of lanthanum and an apparent reduction of phosphate release in the presence of lanthanum followed by a sudden loss of the released phosphate after 120 minutes.
  • the reduction in the lanthanum concentration (0.4 - 0.5mM) observed after 210 minutes is consistent with the release of 0.4 - 0.5mM phosphate in the control tubes.
  • a culture of strain W6 was harvested after 24h growth at a cell density (OD 600 ) of 0.790.
  • the wet weight of the cell pellet obtained was 3.80g and this was resuspended in a total volume of 6ml. 1.5ml of the suspension was added to tubes containing 20ml of each of the following solutions:
  • Fig 5 shows phosphate release and lanthanum removal under anaerobic conditions with the loss of lanthanum and a sudden loss of the released phosphate started after 60 minutes. It will be noted that the complete removal of the 0.7 - 0.8 mM lanthanum occurred when 0.7 - 0.8 mM phosphate was detected in the control tubes (in the absence of metal).
  • a culture of strain W9 was grown and harvested as described previously and immobilised in agarose beads of mean diameter 1 mm.
  • the beads were placed in pre-sterilised first and second columns with an approximate biomass loading of 5g wet weight cells (100g gelled material) per column, although due to diffusional limitations it is expected that not all the cells in a bead would contribute to the observed physiology of the immobilised culture; for example the diffusional limits for oxygen at a surface are usually taken to be 50 ⁇ m.
  • the columns were subjected to anaerobic/aerobic cycling in the absence of metal for 8 days before metal was introduced: the first column received approximately 0.2mM lead acetate, and the second column received approximately 0.2mM cadmium acetate per anaerobic period over 7 consecutive days. Samples were analysed as described above.
  • Table 3 below and Fig 6 show the phosphate released and the lead determined in the influent and effluent of the first column.
  • Table 4 below and Fig 7 show the phosphate released and the cadmium determined in the influent and effluent of the second column.
  • Table 3 Phosphate release and lead removal in the first column Day Time mM PO 4 released Polarography Influent mg Pb 2+ /l Effluent mg Pb 2+ /l mM Pb 2+ Removed 1 to 5 two anaerobic periods ⁇ day but no samples taken 6 am 0.066 0 pm 0.056 0 7 am 0.086 0 pm 0.119 0 8 am 0 0 pm 0.106 0 9 am nt 31.34 10.77 0.10 pm nt 31.34 13.63 0.09 10 am nt 49.89 16.83 0.16 pm nt 49.89 7.5 0.20 11 am nt 47.58 0.063 0.23 pm nt 47.58 0.06 0.23 12 am nt 54.93 7.
  • a culture of strain W6 was grown and harvested as described above, immobilised in agar, and the gel shredded to give particles approximately 1 mm x 1 mm x 10mm.
  • the particles were placed in pre-sterilised first and second column reactors with an approximate biomass loading of 5g wet weight cells (100g gelled material) per column.
  • the columns were subjected to anaerobic/aerobic cycling in the absence of metal for 7 days before metal was introduced: initially both reactors received 0.5mM lanthanum nitrate, then the first reactor was continued on lanthanum while the second reactor received 0.2mM uranyl nitrate. Samples were analysed as described above.
  • Table 5 below and Fig 8 show the phosphate released and the lanthanum determined in the influent and effluent of the first reactor.
  • Table 6 and Fig 9 show the phosphate released and the lanthanum and uranyl determined in the influent and effluent of the second reactor.
  • Figs 10 and 11 show that there was no appreciable solubilisation of the precipitated metals in the aerobic phase.
  • Figure 12 shows that the spectrum obtained by X-ray diffraction pattern of the sample from the second reactor is consistent with that reported for H 2 (UO 2 ) 2 (PO 4 ) 2 8H 2 O (Ross (1955) Am. Mineral 40 ;917-919).
  • the d values for the 10 strongest diffraction peaks are, respectively, within 0.03 ⁇ of those for H 2 (UO 2 ) 2 (PO 4 ) 2 .8H 2 O. This indicates that the sample contains crystalline material of H 2 (UO 2 ) 2 (PO 4 ) 2 .8H 2 O.

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